Which I need at the moment. Please say a prayer for me; I’ve got some big decisions looming.
Category Archives: culture
Christian protests….
Having just recommended him, I found this on Peter Chattaway’s blog. Very interesting, see especially the links to the discussion. WARNING – crude language and humour at the beginning (though I think he was making an interesting point – all the best humour does).
it tells you all you need to know about why we are doomed
please read this article
(PS you can click ‘play’ on the pictures….)
Weep for Britain
Melanie Phillips expresses what is on my mind here.
2 Richards discussing God
I’ve put this in here to remind myself to watch it…
Thou Shalt Always Think For Yourself
With thanks to Ellie.
This film is not yet rated
Interesting documentary, basically showing that the US ratings system caters to the red flyover zone in terms of the standards upheld. The system needs to be made more transparent and accessible – a bit like how the UK has developed, really.
Discovery of the self
Mark Vernon writes interestingly about modern isolation and depression: “The ‘English Malady’ – in short, depression – emerged as an epidemic of melancholy around 1600. Its genesis was intimately connected to the emergence of the self as an isolated, if self-possessed, individual (indeed, ‘self’ as a noun, as opposed to a reflexive word, first came into use about the same time)”.
One of the reasons I remain suspicious of evangelical theology – too much ‘self’.
Stumble
Discovered this via a BBC article.
It’s marvellous, and worryingly addictive. I gave up random surfing quite a while ago, but this is so serendipitous, I just have a quick fix every so often….
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Last week we had the exceptional high tide which caused a number of the shrubs at the high water mark to be unusually inundated – meaning that much seaweed has been left behind on their branches. I think this is a good metaphor for psychological baggage, when we can’t let something go that has no on-going place in our lives.
“Hey, you! You need to get that seaweed out of your branches!”
And one nice piccie of Ollie.
